Penn Alexander School Week of January 2 PAS WEEKLY pennalexander.philasd.org | Mr. Farrell, Principal | 215-400-7760

Upcoming Happy Birthday Events: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander! On January 2, 2019 our community gathered for a Sadie Tanner Mossell special assembly to celebrate our namesake, Sadie Alexander's Birthday Tanner Mossell Alexander’s birthday, and began a Wednesday, January 2nd new tradition of honoring staff anniversaries and their commitment to our community. I encourage Spring Musical Auditions you to recognize the following members for their Thursday, January 3rd & years of service to the Penn Alexander community. Friday, January 4th 20 years of Service Award Girls Basketball vs. Kirkbride Dr. Ann Kreidle (20 years) (AWAY) Friday, January 4th, 3:30PM 15 years of Service Award Janet Bebian (17 years), Theresa Knight (17 years), Maryann Milewski- Boys/Girls Basketball vs. Moskal, Megan Wapner (16 years), Deborah Rustin (16 years), Nina SLA Middle School (HOME) Wilkinson (16 years), Jayne Downing (15 years), Maria Ottinger (15 years), Monday, January 7th, Anna Varano (15 years), and Josephine Wright (15 years) 3:30PM 10 years of Service Award Boys/Girls Basketball vs. Sheila Baynes (14 years), Kristin Johnson (14 years), George Armstrong Greenfield (HOME) (13 years), Elsie Camp (13 years), Lisa Waters (13 years), Marie Hicks (12 Wednesday, January 9th, years), Kate Naughton (11 years), Melissa Sharp (11 years), Melissa Trusty 3:30PM (11 years), Colette Carter (10 years), Beth Clauss (10 years), Tiffany Settles Pretzel ($1) & (10 years), and Christina Waters (10 years Dress Down Day ($1) Friday, January 11th

Boys/Girls Basketball vs. OEC (HOME) Monday, January 14th, 3:30PM 2019-2020 Kindergarten Registration 2019-2020 Kindergarten Registration will take place from Tuesday, Boys/Girls Basketball vs. January 22nd- Friday, February 8th. You can find more information MYA (AWAY) our website- Wed., January 16th, 3:30PM https://pennalexander.philasd.org/kindergarten-enrollment/

9th Annual Penn Alexander 5K Run for Arts and Science Sunday, APRIL 28, 2019 Early Bird Registration - $30.00 Adult*/$20.00 Student*

Early Bird Registration closes January 31, 2019

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The Penn Alexander School Invites You to the 10th Annual ​ Pancake Breakfast Hosted by Student Council and Supported by HSA

Saturday, January 26, 2019 8-10:30am in the PAS Cafeteria $8.00 Per Person/$10.00 Per Person at the Door

Join us for a homemade, all-you-can-eat family breakfast. NEW Menu items - gluten ​ free pancakes. Stay-tuned for more. Chat and chew with your family, friends, and ​ neighbors. Come and marvel at the talented teachers in tall hats, scampering student servers, and our favorite executive chef, Mr. Farrell!

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Penn Museum (Wolf Humanities Center, Cinema and Media Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies). The Checklist Effect; 5 p.m.; rm. January 505EW, Jordan Medical Education Center (Penn Global Surgery Group and Anesthesia Interest Group). 24 Women in Sci Fi Movie Series: A T P E N N Rogue One; 5 p.m.; Visualization Space, Education Commons (HSS). Detroit’s Rivera; flm screening and conversation with Anna Indych-López, CUNY; 6-9 p.m.; Slought (Cinema and Wherever this symbol appears, more images are Media Studies, Hispanic and Portuguese available on our website, Studies, Latin American and Latino https://almanac.upenn.edu/at-penn-calendar Studies, History of Art, Visual Studies, Comparative Literature & Literary p.m.; slought.org Theory). Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; hours: http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt Lightbox Film Center at IHP Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; The Film Center will be closed for repairs https://wistar.org in January. About IHP: Upcoming http://ihousephilly.org/ 17 Photography in Crisis; a collective FITNESS & LEARNING art project in Athens, Greece, engaging Martha Graham Dance Company will perform at the Annenberg Center. See On Stage. the “Greek Crisis” and its aftermath; 9 Nutrition on the Cutting Edge Slought. Through February 17. Webinar; Charlene Compher, Ariana 22 Mindfulness; 12:30 p.m. 21 Nikon Small World Exhibition; see Chao, Tanja Kral, Nursing; noon; online; MEETINGS the top 20 winning images from the 2018 register: https://tinyurl.com/yb5vehuf 28 Mindfulness in the Workplace 8-Session Mindfulness Course; 2:30 p.m.; WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30 Nikon Small World Photomicrography 11 PPSA Book Club; discussion of All 8 Competition; opening reception January 8 sessions through March 18. p.m.; conference rm. 201, B wing, 3401 The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Walnut St. 18, 6-8 p.m., RSVP: wistar.org/nikon; Doerr; noon; Meyerson Conference ISC Service Information Sessions Wistar Institute. Through April 5. Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; Sessions held in rm. 306, Sansom Place 10 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; Now register: [email protected] West. Register: https://tinyurl.com/ Widener Lecture Room, Penn Museum. yau27o7b Portals: Artmaking, Health and 16 Master’s Online Information 16 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; ACADEMIC CALENDAR Human Well-Being; explores how art can Sessions; 3:30 p.m.; online with the 9 Networking; noon. Also January 30. noon; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St. be a portal to learning about ourselves; School of Social Policy & Practice. 16 Data Analytics and Administration; 30 University Council Meeting; Esther Klein Gallery. Through January 29. Register: https://tinyurl.com/yazo5d7e noon. Also January 24. members of the University Community 16 First day of classes (Monday class Art and Physics: A Different schedule on Wednesday). Morris Arboretum Liberal & Professional Studies are invited to attend provided they Perspective; art from members of the register with the Offce of the Secretary: 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Department of Radiation Oncology at Info: www.morrisarboretum.org Info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/ about/events (215) 898-7005; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Observed (no classes). Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine; 5 Winter Wellness Walks; Saturdays Houston Hall. reception: January 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; at 10:30 a.m., Sundays at 1 p.m.; starts 9 Walk-in Wednesday; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Burrison Gallery. Through February 6. at the Visitor Center. Also January 6, 12, & 4:30-6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St. MUSIC And So the Story Goes: Innovations 13, 19, 20, 26, 27. Also January 16, 23, 30. 5 School of Rock Best of Season in Storytelling; Penn Museum. Through 12 Holly Highlights and Winter 16 Organizational Dynamics World Café Live Show; School of Rock Philadelphia & March 3. Greenery Tour; 2 p.m. Also January 26. On-Campus Information Sessions; Performances daily. For a complete School of Rock Princeton join forces; Citizen Salon; crowd-sourced 6 p.m.; Ste. 100, 3440 Market St. noon; $10; World Café Live. exhibit; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops listing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/ March 24. Open to faculty and staff; free; noon. 23 Master of Chemical Sciences Penn Museum Thomas Evans and the Professional Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m. Info: www.penn.museum ON STAGE Press; Leon Levy Dental Medicine 10 Gentle Yoga. 24 Bachelor of Applied Arts and 11 40 Winks at the Penn Museum; Library. Through April 12. 11 Indoor January Wellness Walk. Sciences Virtual Information Session; 25 Martha Graham Dance sleepover for ages 6-12; 5:30 p.m.-9 a.m.; Musical Partnerships at Play: The noon. Info: https://lpsonline.sas.upenn. Company; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, admission $55, $45/members; tickets: Marlboro Music School and Festival; HR: Professional and Personal edu/events Annenberg Center. Tickets & Info: www. https://tinyurl.com/ycj9msyx Through Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt- Development Programs annenbergcenter.org/event/martha- January 12. Also January 25-26. Dietrich Library. Through June 21. Open to faculty and staff; free; 12:30 Penn Ice Rink, Class of 1923 Arena Price & Info: www.upenn.edu/icerink graham-dance-company Also January Bearing Witness: Four Days in p.m. Register: http://knowledgelink. 26, 2 and 7 p.m. 12 Let the Games Begin!; games, upenn.edu scavenger hunts, tours and more; 11 a.m.- West Kingston; Penn Museum. Through 12 Winterfest Skate; 4:30 p.m.; $5, 4 p.m.; free w/admission. December 2. 16 Adapting your Leadership Style. includes skates. SPECIAL EVENTS Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts 18 Exploring the Past: The Dating 24 Valuing Different Generations. of North America; Penn Museum. Space Heater Amnesty Day 2019; Game; archaeological exploration for high Through December 2. 29 Managing Up. Penn Museum 24 school-aged students; 1-3:30 p.m.; $15/ Info: www.penn.museum receive a heated foot pad or a warm Ongoing HR: Work-life Workshops desk pad for the trade in of an old space child or adult, one adult free per family; 2 The Daily Dig; 15-minute artifact reservations required: (215) 746-6774; Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st Open to faculty and staff; free. Register: heater; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Bistro, Houston Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. www.hr.upenn.edu/registration talk; 1 p.m.; free w/admission. Daily Hall; info and to reserve: tickets: https://tinyurl.com/yb3bzenb through January 31. Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: 8 Introduction to 8-Session bit.ly/Amnesty19 (EcoReps). EXHIBITS Artists in the German Democratic Mindfulness Course Pre-Requisite; noon. 11 Coffee with a Keeper: Phil Jones; Penn Museum Republic; rm. 500, Annenberg School. Also January 9. 9:30-11 a.m.; Penn Museum Café; $5, Info: www.penn.museum Admission Donations and Hours Marian Anderson on the World free/members. Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van 16 Guided Meditation; 12:30 p.m. Also 19 Lunar New Year Festival; 1-8 Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG): January 30. Fisher Fine Arts Library; free; Pelt-Dietrich Library. p.m.; family activities 1-5 p.m. free w/ hours: www.arthurrossgallery.org Middle East Galleries; ancient admission; evening festival 5-8 p.m. $15, Mesopotamian societies that gave rise to $10/members. Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers the world’s frst cities; Penn Museum. House: free; hours, info: http://writing. Native American Voices: The SPORTS upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brod- People—Here and Now; Penn Museum. skygallery/ Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings Prices and locations: Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; by artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; www.pennathletics.com/ Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Lobby, Annenberg Center. 5 (M/W) Swimming hosts Dartmouth http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec We Are Not Alone; exhibit of 10 and Yale; all day. Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.- large-scale illustrations by cartoonist and (M) Basketball vs. Princeton; 2 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://estherkleingal- freelance writer Dwayne Booth; Forum, 12 lery.tumblr.com Annenberg School. 13 Wrestling vs. Drexel; 4 p.m. ICA: free; hours: https://icaphila.org Penn Museum Tours 16 (W) Basketball vs. Villanova; 7 International House Philadelphia: p.m. free; hours: http://ihousephilly.org Info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays; 19 (M/W) Fencing hosts the Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free w/admission. Philadelphia Invitational; all day. Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Global Guides Public Tours; (M) Tennis vs. Navy; 9 a.m. http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4 Saturdays-Sundays; 2:30 p.m.; free w/ (W) Tennis vs. Delaware; TBA. Morris Arboretum: hours, prices: admission. morrisarboretum.org 20 (M/W) Fencing hosts the Highlights Tour: Mandarin Lan- Philadelphia Invitational; all day. Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/ guage; Fridays; 2:30 p.m.; free w/admission. seniors; $10/children; free/members, Wrestling vs. Army West Point; 4 p.m. PennCard holders and children under 5; FILMS Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; frst Wed., 23 (W) Basketball vs. Temple; 7 p.m. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum 13 Master and Divino/ O Mestre e (W) Tennis vs. Drexel; TBA. Slought: free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 o Divino; 2 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, 25 (M) Tennis vs. Cleveland State; 1 p.m. (M) Tennis vs. Liberty; 4:30 p.m. 26 (M) Basketball vs. Saint Joseph’s; 7 p.m. 27 (W) Basketball vs. Haverford; 1 p.m. (W) Tennis vs. Wagner; TBA. Photo by Nilay Taneja and Dylan Burnette Taneja Photo by Nilay

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Photo by Norm Barker Events on this calendar are subject to The exhibit Art and Physics: A Different Perspective at Burrison Gallery features art Human Fibroblast Undergroing Cell Division, Showing Actin (gray), Myosin II (green) change. More information can be found from members of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Perelman Center for and DNA (magenta), and Human Tear Drop (photo below). These images will appear on the sponsoring department’s website. Advanced Medicine. See Exhibits. in the 2018 Nikon Small World Exhibition at Wistar. See Exhibits. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

12/18/18 READINGS AND SIGNINGS READINGS AND SIGNINGS TALKS TALKS TALKS

22 Winter Reading Project; Manhattan 30 All But True Reading Series; 2 A Home for our Stuff: Building the Public Policy in Practice; Rob 25 From Grains to Tectonic Plates: Beach by Jennifer Egan; 6:30 p.m.; featuring Janet Mason, author of They: Penn Museum; Ann Blair Brownlee, his- Nabors, Bill & Melinda Gates Founda- How Micro-Scale Processes Infuence Harrison College House Sky Lounge A Biblical Tale of Secret Genders and tory of art; 6 p.m.; tickets: $10, $5/mem- tion; 5:30 p.m.; Auditorium, PCPSE (Fels Lithospheric Deformation; Andrew (English). Anjali Mitter Duva, author of Faint bers; Penn Museum (Penn Museum). Institute of Government). Cross, earth & environmental science; Restoration Heights: A Novel; Wil Promise of Rain. 14 Mismatch Repair in the Gynecologic 22 Reassessing the Archives in 2 p.m.; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science). Medearis, MFA alumnus; 6 p.m.; Penn 31 Hopscotch Translation Series #4; Tract From Lynch Syndrome to Im- Landscape: Localizing Insurrection in Bookstore. munotherapy; Anne Mills, UVA; noon; Central Quintana Roo, Mexico; Tiffany Penn-PMA Mellon Digital Imaging a reading and discussion with Raquel Roundtable; Will Noel, Kislak Center; Kelly Writers House Salas Rivera, author of Lo Terciario/The Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Pathology & Cain, anthropology; noon; rm. 345, Penn Laboratory Medicine). Museum (LALSIS). Chris Atkins, PMA; Norman Badler, Events held at the Arts Café. Tertiary and Urayoán Noel, author of engineering; Justyna Badach, PMA; 3:30 Info: https://tinyurl.com/ycf54mmb Rumor Hemisférico/Buzzing Hemisphere. 15 Dual Action Complexes that Target 23 Ethnic Identity: Developing a p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Cancer: Drug Photorelease and Singlet Latina/o Identity; Silvia Pedraza, Univer- Art). 22 Suppose an Eyes Reading; 6 p.m. Oxygen Production; Claudia Turro, Ohio sity of Michigan; noon; rm. 103, McNeil 23 A Reading by Nasser Hussain; State University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Bldg. (Sociology). 28 Control Societies Speaker Series; Writers Without Borders; 6 p.m. Room, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry). Of Masks and Marx: Ayi Kwei Patricia Clough, Queens College; 4 p.m.; A Poetry Reading by Deb Burnham; Armah’s Afrocentrism and Decolonial rm. TBA, Annenberg School (ASC). 16 Immersed Elastic Structures in Aesthetics, 1967-1984; Aaron Bartels- noon. Stokes Flow; Yoichiro Mori, University 30 Pedagogy Seminar: Applying to A Conversation with Andrea Swindells, English; noon; rm. 135, Interdisciplinary Academic Jobs; Helen 29 of Minnesota; 3:30 p.m.; rm. A4, DRL Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). Mitchell; 6:30 p.m. RSVP required: wh@ (Mathematics). Pho, Penn Career Services; noon; rm. writing.upenn.edu or (215) 746-POEM The Stuff of Buddhist Leisure: 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS). 17 Ultrafast Extreme Ultraviolet Amusement Parks and Socially Dis- The Prop and its Properties; John 30 Meg Day and Lauren Drake; Spectroscopy Reveals Short-Lived States Engaged Buddhism in Asia; Justin David Rhodes, University of Cambridge; Whenever We Feel Like It; 6 p.m. in Transition Metal Complexes and Or- McDaniel, religious studies; 5 p.m.; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cin- 31 Mind of Winter; 5 p.m. ganohalide Perovskite Semiconductors; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Wolf ema Studies). Josh Vura-Weis, University of Illinois; 1 Humanities Center, Religious Studies). The Many Faces of Dispersive Equa- Penn Book Center p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Room, Chem- Heavy Lightness: Marcel Breuer and tions; Gigliola Stafflani, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; Events take place at 6:30 p.m. at istry Bldg. (Chemistry). Brutalism; Barry Bergdoll, Columbia; rm. A4, DRL (Mathematics). Penn Book Center; free. Info: www. Molecules for Human Imaging; Jake 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall Jinping Neutrino Experiment; Shao- pennbookcenter.com Hooker, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff (PennDesign). min Chen, Tsinghua University; 4 p.m.; 15 Rabeah Ghaffari; author reads Lynch Room, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry). 24 Standing, Lying, and Sitting: Trans- rm. A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy). from her novel, To Keep the Sun Alive, in 18 Electron Microscopy Studies of forming the Cell Membrane to Interface 31 Digital Chronotopes: The Prom- conversation with Bill Figueroa. Pollution in Urban Environments of the with Synthetic Nanomaterials; Shelley ises and Politics of the Digital Under 16 Nick Bunker; Pulitzer Prize fnalist Midwest; Mark Krekeler, Miami Univer- Claridge, Purdue University; 1 p.m.; Authoritarianism in Egypt; Yakein Ab- discusses his book, Young Benjamin sity; 2 p.m.; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth Carolyn Hoff Lynch Room, Chemistry delmagid, Annenberg School; 11:45 a.m.; & Environmental Science). Bldg. (Chemistry). Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity. Suoi Tien Buddhist Theme Park, Ho Chi 6th Fl., 3901 Walnut St.; RSVP: marina. Reconstructing History from Broken Why Don’t Baboons Have Culture; [email protected] (ASC). 22 Josiah Bancroft; author reads Minh City, Vietnam. See The Stuff of Monuments: A Case Study of Puzur Alecia Carter, The French National from his novel, The Hod King, the third Buddhist Leisure: Amusement Parks and Inshushinak and Gudea in 21st Century Center for Scientifc Research; 4 p.m.; book in his Books of Babel series, in Socially Dis-Engaged Buddhism in Asia BCE Mesopotamia; Holly Pittman, Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Bldg. conversation with Miriam Seidel. on January 23 in Talks. history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe (Biology). Bldg. (History of Art). 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change: Penn’s Commitment to the Legacy

23 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Solidarity Series 2019: Session 1; A Political Education: Black Poli- Equity Symposium; noon-1:30 p.m.; join Solidarity Series for the frst of four tics & Education Reform; talk featuring Smilow Center for Translational Re- discussions this semester surrounding Penn alum Elizabeth Todd Breland, Uni- search, Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium & minorities on campus. If you missed the versity of North Carolina Press; 6-8 p.m.; Commons; register: https://tinyurl.com/ kickoff in November, Solidarity Series is location TBA (Greenfeld Intercultural y9942k69 (Perelman School of Medicine hosted by the three cultural houses (La Center). Offce of Inclusion & Diversity). Casa Latina, Makuu, and PAACH) in 2/1 Jazz for King; annual jazz and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., order to bring together our community; spoken word event, featuring Reference Interfaith Commemoration & Social 7-9 p.m.; Makuu Black Cultural Center, Point, Glenn Bryan and M.C. Diane Les- Justice Lecture; with words, song and ARCH Building (PAACH, Makuu, and lie; 6-8 p.m.; Sheraton University City the presentation of the MLK awards our La Casa Latina). (African-American Resource Center). annual Interfaith program emphasizes 31 Native American Student Suc- Unity Dinner; interfaith gathering our common humanity and acknowl- cess: The Effect of Tribal Colleges & featuring ritual sharing, dialogue and edges individuals whose active service Universities on Native American Student connection, organized by student com- exemplifes Dr. King’s vision and work Retention; program exploring the ways in mittee featuring students from different to empower marginalized members of which mainstream four-year institutions religious and cultural groups on campus; our community through education and can support their Native American stu- 6-7:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston advocacy; guest speaker: Rev. William dent populations; 3 p.m.; Fitts Auditori- Hall (Sponsors TBA). Barber II; 6-8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium um, Penn Law (The Offce of Affrmative (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Action & Equal Opportunity Programs; Photo by James Karales. Committee; Offce of the Chaplain; Of- Penn GSE: Center for Minority Serving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his daughter Yolanda King. fce of the President; Center for Africana Institutions; Penn Law). Studies; Annenberg School for Commu- MLK Commemorative Symposium Events Calendar nication). See www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/ for the latest information. 24 Understanding Health Equity These events are free and open to the Penn community and general public. Among Native Americans Within a Colo- nization Context; MLK Commemorative 17 Women of Color at Penn Presents: of Houston Hall for transportation to Lecture featuring John Lowe, Florida The Evolution of Abolitionism; local off campus locations; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; State University, 3 p.m.; Fagin Hall; info: historian Ena Lindner Swain presents register: https://tinyurl.com/y8ddtsvy [email protected] or (215) excerpts from her newly-published (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium 746-3559 (School of Nursing, Offce of book, The Evolution of Abolitionism in Committee). Diversity and Inclusivity). Germantown and its Environs; 5-7 p.m.; Children’s Banner Painting; Dr. Martin Luther King’s Infuence Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall children paint commemorative banners on SNCC; informational presentation on (Women of Color at Penn and the VPUL). while listening to stories and songs about the relationship between Dr. Martin Lu- Dr. King’s life; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; ther King, Jr., and the Student Nonviolent 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Story Time; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall a special story time to celebrate the Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium the Civil Rights Movement leading up to legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., featur- Committee). ing three great children’s books showcas- the Black Power Era; 6-8 p.m.; Class of Helping Hands at Houston Hall; ’47 Room Houston Hall (Upward Bound; ing the life and values of MLK Jr.; ages create gifts that will be donated to those 4+; snacks will be provided; noon; lower Association for the Study of Classical in need in the West Philadelphia area; African Civilizations). level, Family Center at Penn (Family 10 a.m.; Reading Room, Houston Hall; Center at Penn). register: https://tinyurl.com/ycysbq85 25 TheUnity Performance Art for 21 Day of Service Breakfast; doors (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Social Change; musical performance open 8 a.m., program at 8:30 a.m.; Hall Committee). featuring TheUnity including Brother of Flags, Houston Hall; register: https:// Career Wardrobe Clothing Drive; Robb Carter, Kitsi Watterson, and Domi- tinyurl.com/y8ctbdoq (BGAPSA; Dr. Penn alumni will collect gently used nic Cartwright, and others; doors open Students taking part in the Children’s Banner Painting activity last year. This event will Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Com- professional attire that will be donated 5:30 p.m.; performance 6-8 p.m.; Golkin occur again this year on January 21 at Penn. mittee). to Career Wardrobe for women and men Room, Houston Hall (African-American Penn Vet Free Dog and Cat Vac- reentering the workforce; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Resource Center). cination Clinic; free vaccinations and ex- Reading Room, Houston Hall (Dr. Martin 28 Presenting Your Dream; bring a aminations will be available by appoint- Luther King, Jr. Symposium Committee). poem, speech, or monologue no longer ment only for approximately 250 dogs A Pocketful of Toiletries; volunteers than one page and receive one-on-one and cats. To schedule an appointment, will construct a “Making Life Kinder” coaching in speech delivery; noon-2 p.m.; pet owners should call (215) 898-4680 bag and fll them with personal toiletries location TBA (Netter Center and the mornings between 8-10 a.m. beginning specifcally geared toward women, to be African-American Resource Center). Wednesday, January 2. There is a two donated to area shelters; 10 a.m.-noon; Reclaiming MLK: From Service to pet per household limit. For additional Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Dr. Martin Solidarity!; continues a series of planned questions regarding the clinic, please call Luther King, Jr. Symposium Committee). explorations and dialogues throughout (215) 898-2210; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Penn Vet’s Finding Your Path to STEM; work- communities and campuses in the city, Ryan Hospital, 3900 Spruce St. (Penn shop on careers in science, technology, focused on developing an agenda and School of Veterinary Medicine). engineering, math and medicine for high action plan regarding Being Black in Class of ’80/Sayre Mentoring Pro- school students interested in healthcare, Philly and intentionally engaging the gram; members of the Class of 1980 and science, or engineering careers, featuring powerful stakeholders residing in Philly Sayre High School students will make a STEM panel discussion; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; in the process; 5-7:30 p.m.; multi-purpose art projects and lap blankets that will Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; register: room, Du Bois College House; reception: be donated to local hospitals and senior https://tinyurl.com/ybdc9pab (Dr. Martin 5-5:30 p.m. (African-American Resource centers; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Hall of Flags Luther King, Jr. Symposium Committee). Center, GAPSA). Balcony, Houston Hall (Dr. Martin Luther Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 29 Flip the Script: Fear to Courage; King, Jr. Symposium Committee). Candlelight Vigil; join Alpha Phi Alpha Just Act Executive & Artistic Director Penn Reads Literacy Project; Fraternity, Inc. Mighty Psi Chapter for an Lisa Jo Epstein and team will lead story- volunteers create audio books using smart annual candlelight vigil; begins outside telling, movement and theater improvisa- phones or digital recorders; bring a multi- Du Bois College House and proceeds cultural children’s book or select from tions to help participants interrogate the with songs and quotations from Dr. King scripts that crop up and prevent people donated books on-site; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 during the walk through campus; 7 p.m.; from authentic interaction and create bar- Students at an off-campus location painting as part of a beautifcation project. p.m.; Weigle Information Commons, Van register: https://tinyurl.com/yconbfu8 riers to personal and community healing; Pelt-Dietrich Library; see book wishlist: (Alpha Phi Alpha). 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Penn LGBT Center (Af- https://tinyurl.com/MLK2019BookDrive; 22 Re-Imagining Accountability: rican-American Resource Center, LGBT register: https://tinyurl.com/ycucjspt (Dr. Incorporating Restorative Practices at Center, Penn Women’s Center, Greenfeld Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Com- Penn; interactive workshop about how Intercultural Center, Pan-Asian American mittee). Restorative Practices can be integrated Community House, BGAPSA). Community Beautifcation Projects; on college campuses as a way to build volunteers will work on service projects 30 MLK Hallmark program: What community, address harm, and promote Can Colleges and Universities Do About at Laura Sims Skatehouse; S. Weir Mitch- healing; 7 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center January ell Elementary School, Andrew Hamilton Education?; 5-8 p.m.; location TBA (Restorative Practices at Penn Steering (Barbara and Edward Netter Center, School and Third Antioch Home School Committee, Penn Violence Prevention, Center; dress for cleaning and paint- MLK Executive Committee, PHENND, Penn Women’s Center, LGBT Center, African-American Resource Center). ing; meet at 9:45 a.m. in the main lobby Offce of Student Conduct). A T P E N N

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